July 2012 WNA NEWS >> Nine Newspaper Publishers Will Be
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July 2012 http://issuu.com/wnanews/docs/july_photos?mode=window&viewMode=doublePage Browse July's collection of photos gathered from WNA-member newspapers. Click the thumbnail and take a look. Want to submit a photo for next month's gallery? Send the photo or newspaper name, date and page number where the photo appeared to [email protected]. WNA NEWS >> Nine newspaper publishers will be honored in Eagle River Nine Wisconsin newspaper publishers, each valued for his or her contributions to community and industry, will be honored by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation (WNAF), Friday, Aug. 24, at Trees for Tomorrow in Eagle River, Wisconsin. Honorees, all deceased within the past year, for 2012 include: Marian Adams, The Recorder, Belleville Robert Anderson, The Star News, Medford Laurence L. Arnold, Juneau County Star Times, Mauston Marie Flynn Berner, Antigo Daily Journal Donald A. Halvorson, The Boyceville Press Paul Lange, The Chetek Alert Robert Richter, The Sheboygan Press Daniel L. Satran, Vilas County News-Review, Eagle River Howard (Pork) Vezina, Standard-Press, St. Croix Falls Read more about each of the nine publishers who will be honored on WNA Foundation’s Memorial Pylon. _________ Slimp will discuss 'today's newspaper' in Eagle River Leading newspaper industry speaker Kevin Slimp will present WNA members with "Today’s Newspaper: The Online/Print Connection" offering his thoughts on where newspapers are, where they are headed and tools needed to wade the waters ahead on Friday, Aug. 24. Slimp's presentation will headline the WNA Foundation's 2012 Trees Retreat. Read more >> Kevin Slimp Register for the 2012 Trees Retreat online today! _________ Cornell, Cadott papers under new ownership Central Wisconsin Publications has purchased two northwest Wisconsin newspapers: The Cornell and Lake Holcombe Courier and The Cadott Sentinel. Central Wisconsin Publications publishes The Star News (Medford), The Tribune- Phonograph (Abbotsford) and The Record-Review (Edgar). The Cornell and Cadott papers had been owned and operated for more than 32 years by Trygg Hansen, who passed away in 2011. His brothers Mark and David Hansen announced the sale in June of 2012. “A good indication of the integrity of a person, business or group is how much they give, as opposed to how much they ‘make,’” David and Mark wrote in announcing the sale. “The O’Leary family (mother and daughter Carol and Kris O’Leary, as well as Kris’ husband Kevin Flink) is proof. We could not be more pleased, personally and professionally, to turn things over to them.” _________ Newspapers charging for digital access By Paul Gores — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Most of Wisconsin's biggest newspapers now require paid subscriptions for full access to their digital versions, a change prompted by less-profitable print editions and the way a growing number of readers prefer to get their local news. The state's Gannett Co. newspapers - among them the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the Appleton Post-Crescent, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter and Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - recently began to limit the views of articles unless readers subscribe. The Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, one of several Lee Enterprises Inc. newspapers in the state, went to a paid digital subscription business model in June, while the Journal Sentinel moved to paid digital subscriptions in January. The metered or "pay wall" models typically allow readers to view a certain number of stories online free of charge each month - 20 is typical - but require them to sub scribe to view more and to have unlimited access to the newspaper's digital versions. Read more >> _________ Papers unaffected ‘for time being’ by postal consolidation The U.S. Postal Service announced July 1 that the Kenosha and Portage mail processing facilities have been scheduled for closure this summer. The Kenosha mail processing will move to Milwaukee and the Portage processing will move to Madison. The USPS had originally targeted five sites in Wisconsin for closure — those sites included Eau Claire, Kenosha, La Crosse, Portage and Wausau. Only Kenosha and Portage made the final closure list. “Luckily, these closures will have little if no immediate impact on WNA members,” said WNA Executive Director Beth Bennett. Kenosha News Publisher Ken Dowdell told WNA that Kenosha’s facility closure is not a concern as The Kenosha News processes its mail through the nearby Pleasant Prairie’s post office. Portage Daily Register General Manager Matt Meyers has been told by postal officials in Portage that “for the time being” there will be no changes in how newspapers are handled. A Business Mail Entry Unit will remain in Portage. Read more from USPS >> _________ Wisconsin claims two Golden Quill runners-up Two Wisconsin Newspaper Association members were among the 11 runners-up to the Golden Quill, the top award presented annually by the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE). Runners-up included Peter Weinschenk, editor of Abbotsford’s The Record-Review and David Giffey, editor of Spring Green’s Home News. Weinschenk won the award in 2011. Vernon Oickle, editor of the Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, won the Golden Quill. Weinschenk won the award in 2011. See a list of past winners here. The Golden Quill awards were handed out at the ISWNE’s annual conference in Bellingham, Wash., on June 30. Kris O’Leary, publisher of The Record-Review, completed her term as ISWNE’s president at the conference. O’Leary also serves on the WNA Foundation Board of Directors. Red more at www.iswne.org. _________ Investigative center honored as innovator The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have won a national award for their collaborative efforts to produce investigative reporting. The Associated Press Media Editors’ first Innovator of the Year for College Students award cites the Center and school, which since 2009 have collaborated in classrooms and through paid internships. The nonprofit, nonpartisan Center’s stories have reached an audience estimated at more than 18 million people and have been used by more than 200 news organizations nationwide, while winning nine state journalism awards and training a new generation of investigative journalists. In other categories of APME’s awards, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation into Milwaukee police officers who have been disciplined for violating laws and ordinances won two awards. See the full list of APME award winners. The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.WisconsinWatch.org) collaborates with Wisconsin Newspaper Association members, as well as Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television, other news media and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. _________ Economics for Opinion Leaders seminar set for Aug. 6 Wisconsin reporters and editors are invited to attend the seminar “Economics for Opinion Leaders – Journalists” on Monday, Aug. 6, in Milwaukee. This award-winning seminar is designed to provide important information regarding how our economy works and to show the participants how the “economic way of thinking” might help them in their professional and personal lives. Respected economists will discuss such topics as why some nations are rich and others are poor, basic economic statistics every member of the media needs to know, the causes of the U.S. financial crisis, the purpose of the Federal Reserve System and much more. David Oppedahl of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank will make a special presentation, "An Economic Recovery Under Construction: A View from the Chicago Fed." Oppedahl will examine aspects of the economic recovery with an emphasis on Wisconsin and the region. Registration cost is $25.00 and includes beverages, continental breakfast and lunch. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the seminar beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. at the University Club of Milwaukee, 924 East Wells St. The workshop will be led by Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Scott Niederjohn, Lakeland College, Sheboygan. _________ Get your press identification cards from WNA Two types of press credentials are now available to WNA members. Either type must be requested by publisher, general manager or editor. 1. Press Card – paper style. This is a paper press card. It is valid for the current year. These are available at no charge. 2. Photo ID badge. A 2012-2013 photo ID badge is available for $10 (includes shipping) for WNA members. When ordering, members will need to submit a hi-resolution head shot for each employee receiving a badge plus the applicable processing fees. Turnaround time is typically eight business days. Identification cards and badges are available to staff of WNA Full Business members only. Download an order form. Contact Bonnie Fechtner, WNA member services director, for more information. [email protected] or (608) 283-7622 _________ AMONG YOUR FRIENDS >> New weekly paper starts up in Manawa Rose Publications, publisher of the Clintonville Chronicle, has begun publication of the Manawa Messenger. The first edition of the Messenger went to press Monday, July 16. The Messenger is a ten-page, weekly newspaper designated to the Manawa/Symco/Ogdensburg region. The newspaper will be developed and produced from the Clintonville office in the near future, but will eventually establish an office in Manawa. Owner and WNA member Tricia Rose, who was awarded the 2012 State of Wisconsin Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the Small Business Administration, founded the Chronicle in August of 2009 with her husband, Greg. _________ Amery Free Press hires editor/publisher Tom Stangl, publisher of the Le Mars (Iowa) Daily Sentinel will become editor and publisher of the Amery Free Press. His wife, Diane Stangl, has resigned her job as office manager of the Remsen Bell- Enterprise newspapers to become office manager of the Amery weekly.